IFAB rules on time-wasting subs, handballs and penalty shoot-outs
November 23 – In a move designed to stop cynical time-wasting, players will leave the pitch at the nearest goalline or touchline when substituted rather than walk, sometimes at a snail’s pace, to the technical area under new proposals recommended by football’s lawmakers.
Other recommendations recommended at IFAB’s annual business meeting in Glasgow on Thursday included abolishing the ‘ABBA’ format for penalty shootouts and introducing yellow and red cards for team officials.
The wording around handball situations will also be altered after it was agreed that the rules have to be clearer in defining what constitutes accidental handball.
The post IFAB rules on time-wasting subs, handballs and penalty shoot-outs appeared first on Inside World Football.